Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub

"The Primordial Fierce Beast Cubs were three times as many as last time, yet it took three times less time!" someone croaked inside the hall.

"Was there really no cheating?"

"That was a True Dragon Cub that could be used to measure up against the Human Race's top geniuses."

"He was on track to smash through the Hengtian Bone Forging Ranking. It had only been thirty seconds—how could they even continue testing after this?"

A string of golden numbers froze atop the massive stone.

After a moment of deathly silence, Hengtian Hall erupted completely.

The smile had vanished from Ye Feng's face. His expression darkened slightly, and his fists clenched beneath his white robes.

"He must have cheated. I'm going back to have Father investigate this thoroughly. I've also made it onto the Bone Forging Ranking. Someone in the Bone Forging Realm can't possibly be this strong. In just one minute, even Big Brother Ye Feng couldn't kill a thousand Primordial Mammoth Elephants. How could he possibly be this monstrous?" Ye Wu's eyes were bloodshot. He had once fought his way into the top ten of the Bone Forging Ranking, so he understood that difficulty all too well.

"Unless Chu Tian could use his spirit, there might be a sliver of a chance. But Spiritual Power cannot be used in the Testing Space."

"He definitely cheated!"

Ye Wu gritted his teeth and declared it with absolute certainty.

Hui Mei glanced sideways at Ye Wu and sneered. "How could a mere mortal like you understand a true peerless genius? Just because you can't finish them doesn't mean others can't."

On the Bone Forging Ranking, his name stood in second place: Hui Mei, ninety thousand jin of immense strength, eight hundred and thirty-six Mammoth Elephants slaughtered in one minute.

Moreover, half a year ago, he had already been capable of passing the test and killing every Mammoth Elephant. But because he held a cliff-like lead over everyone below him on the Bone Forging Ranking—even Ye Qiang, ranked third, had only killed thirty-three—the position of first place was nearly impossible to shake. He could not be bothered to keep challenging it.

He had originally planned to challenge it again.

But now, it seemed unnecessary, because Chu Tian also held a cliff-like lead over him.

Hui Mei calculated that, after killing all the Mammoth Elephants, he could kill at most five Primordial Fierce Beast Cubs.

The gap was enough to drive one to despair.

"Five buckets of medicinal liquid and five times the absorption efficiency. The Chaos Demon God Body is simply too heaven-defying in the Blood Condensation and Bone Forging Realms. No wonder it is known as the strongest physique." Hui Mei bared his teeth. He had no intention of competing with a freak like Chu Tian in the Bone Forging Realm anymore. But the Spirit Refining Realm—that was his territory.

"Big Brother, once we reach the Spirit Refining Realm, I'll be the big brother and you'll be the little brother."

Then, amid the heavy panting filling the hall, someone suddenly said in a low voice, "Look, the time numbers moved."

"Strange. Why haven't the numbers after them changed?"

On the golden monolith, the time behind Chu Tian's name suddenly jumped to thirty-one seconds, yet the long string of numbers after it remained completely still.

Soon, the time reached thirty-three seconds, but the numbers behind it still did not move.

Having grown accustomed to the frenzied changes in those numbers and their geometric rise, everyone now felt almost unaccustomed to this stillness.

Their eyes were filled with confusion. What had happened in the Testing Space? Only time was passing, yet nothing else was changing.

Roar!

Within the Testing Space, a dragon's roar shook the heavens. Blinding golden light flashed as a twenty-meter-long golden True Dragon coiled and danced through the sky, its dragon claws striking until space itself trembled.

Within its enormous dragon eyes, covered in intricate patterns, light as tangible as substance burst forth. Streaks of golden radiance blasted toward Chu Tian, sending dust flying and leaving tangible scars across the ground.

This was actually a Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub. Its concentrated gaze could kill, and Spiritual Power shrouded its dragon claws. With a casual swipe, it could blast apart a small mountain.

This was a Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub, terrifying beyond measure.

It was one of the strongest divine beasts between heaven and earth, beloved by the heavens themselves. The farther it grew, the more terrifying its strength became. It stood at the apex of the food chain across countless worlds.

Chu Tian's Bone Forging Realm test had actually forced the Hengtian Ranking to produce a Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub. It directly surpassed the tester by an entire major realm, and it was even a Primordial Fierce Beast. This had never happened before.

The dragon's roar seemed almost tangible. Layered with the power of spirit, it made even Chu Tian's eardrums ache slightly.

"Even a Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub has appeared. It seems I've reached true invincibility in the Bone Forging Realm. The Hengtian Ranking understands that no matter how many more it sends, it will be useless."

Chu Tian muttered to himself. Under the True Dragon Cub's savage assault, wounds deep enough to expose bone had appeared across his body. Yet under such immense pressure, he remained calm. His blood and qi surged into the heavens, and from time to time, he exchanged a direct blow with the Divine Dragon Cub, producing a dull boom before being sent flying backward, coughing blood.

The True Dragon Cub's strength was horrifying. Empowered by spirit, even a casual strike carried Four Million Jin of force—nearly twice Chu Tian's strength.

If not for the toughness of the Chaos Demon God Body, along with the circulation of the Chaos Creation True Scripture and the flowing Chaos radiance that made his body as hard as divine iron, he would likely have been killed in an instant.

Challenging a Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub across realms was ultimately somewhat unrealistic. If he could use spirit, he might still have had some chance.

But this Bone Forging Realm Testing Space prohibited the use of every power other than the physical body.

"The physical body."

Chu Tian murmured, deep in thought. At the same time, he flashed aside to evade the gleaming dragon claw, only to be swept flying by the dragon's tail. He spat out a large mouthful of blood and staggered back again and again.

Then Chu Tian's heart stirred. A vertical eye suddenly opened between his brows. In an instant, purple light flickered, Dao essence flowed, and thin Spiritual Power spread throughout his body.

"As expected, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao is a special divine object. It has fused with flesh and blood and is an innate divine ability. Like the wings of a Golden Winged Great Peng, it is part of the physical body." With a casual wave of his hand, Two Million Jin of force combined with the Eye of the Heavenly Dao's enhancement, making space hum.

Outside, the Eye of the Heavenly Dao could increase Chu Tian's Spiritual Power tenfold, enough to rival the Spirit Refining Realm. But within this Testing Space, Chu Tian's own Spiritual Power could not be used. This was the Spiritual Power inherently contained within the Eye of the Heavenly Dao.

At that moment, the dragon tail lashed over, golden light flashing as the sound of air exploding boomed like thunder. Cold light flickered in Chu Tian's eyes. His hand formed a claw and seized the dragon tail directly. Grasping it with both hands, he swung the True Dragon around like a whip.

Boom!

One small mountain after another was smashed apart. The True Dragon Cub let out an earth-shaking roar, seemingly having truly gained a measure of consciousness as it flew into a fury.

Chu Tian flung the True Dragon Cub away. It brutally crushed a mountain peak, and smoke and dust rose into the sky.

Roar!

The True Dragon Cub roared. Countless Dragon Scales around its body had shattered, dragon blood pouring down in torrents, yet it still charged madly toward Chu Tian.

"Without the stacking of spirit, even with the Eye of the Heavenly Dao, I can only unleash Four Million Jin of force. But that is enough."

Purple radiance burst from the Eye of the Heavenly Dao between Chu Tian's brows, enveloping his entire body. Every movement and flaw of the True Dragon Cub became clear in his mind in an instant.

The Eye of the Heavenly Dao watched the Nine Heavens above and examined Nine Nether below.

Though the True Dragon Cub moved as fast as lightning, in Chu Tian's eyes, it crawled like a turtle.

Boom!

Chu Tian's blood and qi erupted in full. He charged out in an instant without any flashy tricks, heading straight for the dragon's head. Cold light flashed in his eyes as he ignored every attack of the True Dragon Cub and slammed a fist heavily into the center of its brow.

Every second in the Testing Space was incomparably precious. He had no time to waste in a drawn-out fight.

Pfft...

Flood-like force surged out wildly, directly blasting the dragon's head apart. A mist of blood swept back toward the sky, while the dragon's body crashed heavily onto the ground, kicking up clouds of dust.

At the same time, Chu Tian's body was torn in half by the dragon claws. He turned into light and vanished from the Testing Space.

And at that very moment.

The numbers on the Bone Forging Ranking's golden monolith froze.

Bone Forging Ranking, first place: Chu Tian. One minute. Slaughtered one Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub, thirty True Dragon Cubs, thirty Golden Winged Great Peng Cubs, thirty True Roar Cubs, and one thousand Primordial Mammoth Elephants.

"Damn it! A Spirit Refining Realm True Dragon Cub? The Hengtian Ranking must have displayed it wrong!" Hui Mei's eyes flew wide open, and he nearly died of fright on the spot.

The entire hall fell deathly silent!

At that moment, on the Hengtian Earth Ranking, Chu Tian, who had fallen to third place, instantly overshadowed Ye Feng and the first-ranked Hui Lian Saintess, returning once more to first place.